Obituaries
Russell Earl Browning
Nov 25, 2022
Russell Earl Browning, 63, of Kaufman, TX passed away on November 25, 2022, at home. Russell was born on March 17, 1959, to Jesse Browning, Jr. and Evan Wilson in Tyler, TX. Russell grew up in Tyler and worked as a self-employed contractor. He did many carpentry, construction and tree trimming jobs. Russell spent his time fishing and riding motorcycles. ...
Debra Gail Durkin
Nov 22, 2022
Debra Gail Durkin, 66, of Kaufman, TX passed away on November 22, 2022, in Dallas, TX. Debra was born on December 12, 1955, to Billy and Mary Ainsworth in Oklahoma City, OK. Born in Oklahoma she was raised in Grand Prairie, TX where she graduated from Grand Prairie High School in 1974. Debra married Stephen Durkin on February 10, 1994,...
Nora Kathryn Ward
Nov 20, 2022
Nora Kathryn Campbell Ward, age 93, went home to be with Jesus, her Lord, on Sunday, November 20, 2022, in Scurry, Texas.
She was born on September 11, 1929, in Bonner Springs, Kansas, to her late parents, Joseph Alexander Campbell and Kate Frances Loveridge. Nora was the youngest of seven children.
From an early age, singing...
Debra Ann Stultz
Nov 17, 2022
Debra Stultz, age 63, of Seagoville, Texas, passed away peacefully, Thursday evening, November 17, 2022.
She was born on October 14, 1959, in Dallas, Texas to her parents, Hullen McCormack and Peggy Narmour. Debra was married to the love of her life for 40 years, Andrew Stultz, Sr., on March 18, 1983. She was a homemaker and loved...
William Carl Bell
Nov 16, 2022
William Carl Bell was born August 18, 1947 in Crandall, Texas. He was the youngest son of Vita Lambeth Bailey. He graduated as Valedictorian from Crandall High School in 1965. He played football and loved to work on cars. He was frequently the life of the party and he loved his old rock n’ roll music! After high school, Carl...
Juan Caballero Rivera
Nov 12, 2022
Juan Caballero Rivera, 76, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on November 12, 2022. Juan was born on December 27, 1945, to Jesus and Consuelo Cabellero Rivera in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Juan settled in La Faria, TX when he was 7 years old as a migrant worker in the cotton fields. He started working in Kaufman at...
Ray Crawford, Jr.
Nov 9, 2022
Ray Crawford, Jr., Kaufman, Texas, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. He was 63 years of age.
He was born on October 10, 1959, in Dallas, Texas to Arvell Crawford, Sr., and Anita (Shaw) Crawford. Ray worked for the Texas Department of Transportation in the signal shop for seventeen (17) years before retiring in April...
Stephen Callahan
Nov 3, 2022
Stephen James Callahan, age 52, passed away in Ellis County, Texas, on Thursday, November 3, 2022.
Stephen developed his construction skills at an early age and became a Master Carpenter working for Equipment Management Services of Ferris, Texas, for the past five years. He was a member of ReChurch in Kaufman, Texas. Family was most important to Stephen.
Those...
James Lloyd Gaddis, Sr.
Oct 31, 2022
James Lloyd Gaddis, Sr., 75, of Trinidad, TX went to be with the Lord on October 31, 2022. James was born on September 3, 1947, to Lonnie and Oleta Gaddis in Dallas, TX. He moved to Crowell while in high school and graduated from Crowell High School. James moved back home in 1967 and for most of his time was...
Peggy Joyce Chrestman
Oct 31, 2022
Peggy Joyce Chrestman 87, of Combine, TX went to be with our Lord and Savior on October 31, 2022, peacefully in her home. Peggy was born on April 6, 1935 to Frank “Doc” Ford McQuinn and Era Dee Voss McQuinn of Decatur, TX. Peggy married Lloyd Chrestman on January 22, 1958, and they later settled in Combine, TX where they lived...
Marianne Anuario
Oct 18, 2022
Marianne Anuario, age 65, of Kaufman, Texas passed away on October 18, 2022. Marianne was born on September 5, 1957 in Dallas, Texas to parents David Anuario and Annocaneia Noriega Anuario.
Marianne was first and foremost a loving mother and grandmother. She loved holidays and all the traditions that went with them but spending time with her family, especially...
Charla Gaye Randall
Oct 12, 2022
Charla Randall, 56, of Kaufman, TX went to be with the Lord on October 12, 2022. Charla was born on February 10, 1966, to Charles and Lynda Floyd in Arlington, TX. Charla grew up in the Dallas area graduating from R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton TX in 1984. She worked for Wells Fargo for 17 years before moving to...
Matthew Edward Cline
Oct 12, 2022
Matthew Edward Cline, age 60, of Kaufman, Texas, left this world for his home in Heaven on Wednesday, the 12th day of October 2022. Matt, as he was best known, was born in Dallas on the 23rd day of July 1962 to parents Glen Donald and Mary Rene Cline.
Matt graduated from Kaufman High School in 1980. He was a...
Billy Pat Koleszar
Oct 10, 2022
Billy Pat Koleszar, 88, of Seagoville, TX went to be with the Lord on October 10, 2022. Pat was born on April 14, 1934, to John and Stella Koleszar in Craig, OK. He was raised in Oklahoma going to high school in Haileyville and graduating in 1952.
After graduating high school, Pat joined his brothers in California where he worked...
Gaytha Jane Thomas
Oct 9, 2022
Gaytha Jane Thomas, 83, went to be with the Lord on October 9, 2022. Gaytha was born on February 12,1939, to Mack and Evelyn Welborn in Durant, OK. Raised in Durant, she graduated from high school there, and worked at Durant Bank and Trust. Gaytha moved to Kaufman in 1983. She worked at Traveler’s Insurance Company then American National Bank...
Thomas Gail Combs
Oct 6, 2022
Thomas Gail Combs, son of James and Isabell Combs and brother of Ledainne Henley, died peacefully on October 6. Daughter, Mimmie Coleman, son, Blinn Combs, and grandson, Brandon Coleman survive him. Relocating frequently for his father’s work as a stonemason, Tom attended eleven different schools in twelve years, and delivered papers all around Dallas through his teens. After graduating from...
Lorne Wayne Johnson
Oct 3, 2022
Lorne Wayne Johnson, 57, of Dallas, TX passed away on October 3, 2022, in Mesquite, TX. Lorne was born on November 16, 1964, to Billy and Lucy Johnson in Cleburne, TX. He graduated from Cleburne High School in 1983 and went to Abilene Christian University for a little while. Lorne worked several different jobs till he married the love of...
Joni McKinney
Oct 1, 2022
Joni McKinney was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister to four sisters, aunt to 17 nieces and nephews, a faithful friend, and a proud Kaufman Lion. On October 1st, 2022, Joni went home to be with Jesus, safe in the knowledge that when she closed her eyes in this life, she would open them to eternal life with him.
Joni...
Hollis Gene LaRoe
Sep 30, 2022
Hollis Gene LaRoe, 89, of Spring, TX passed away on September 30, 2022. Hollis was born to Sam and Gladys Hall LaRoe on August 25, 1933, in Kaufman, TX. He graduated from Kaufman High School in 1952 and went to Tarleton State University and earned an Associates degree in 1954. On April 6, 1957, Hollis married Margaret Griffin in...
Sarah Faye Smith
Sep 22, 2022
On September 22, 2022, Sarah Faye Smith of Scurry, TX, loving wife, and mother of three passed away at age 80. She was born on December 23, 1941, to Earnest and Georgia Dickerson of Seagoville, TX. She worked for 30 years as a Center Director for both the Kaufman County and Dallas County Senior Citizen Services before retiring in...
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